Lincoln waited for the pipe to hit him but didn't feel it. Curious he opened his eyes only to see Walter standing right in front of him having the pipe stuck inside his chest. "Glad I took did that extra speed training with Nick before the mission." He said as he dropped to his knees.

Lincoln just stood there as tears started to form. "Walter why?" He asked.

Walter just coughed and gave a smile. "I saw Grant get up and somehow I knew I had to get to you. Glad I did." He said as he gave another cough this time with blood coming out. "As for why no parent wants to see their child before them especially in front of their eyes."

Grant seeing this just began laughing with amusement. "Funny I meant to kill the brat but ended up killing you instead Walter." He said as he gave out another cackle. "But you don't have to worry your son will be joining you and I will be taking very good care of his corpse." Grant then began to make his way to Lincoln. "Time to die brat!"

Suddenly a voice shouted out. "I DON'T THINK SO!" As a blur just rushed at Grant kicking him in to a wall. It was Alistair. Just then the rest team showed up shocked to see the condition Walter was in. Alistair just looked at Walter. "Walter try to hang in there." He said as he turned to Jerry, Nick, and Samson. "You three take Walter out of here now!" They immediately grabbed Walter and carried him out. Alistair then looked at Lincoln. "Lincoln go with them. I will handle Grant."

Lincoln just stood there. The man who was his birth father was hurt and possibly on the verge of dying. He knew this had to end and he knew he had to be the one to do it. He looked at Alistair and said "No. I won't leave. I need to end this and I don't care what you tell me to do! I'm staying!"

Alistair just looked Lincoln straight in the eyes. He could see that same stubborn look Walter had given him time after time and just smiled. "Very well Lincoln."He said as he took off his glasses and polished them. "I'll be waiting outside this room. Just yell for me when your done." Alistair then left the room leaving Lincoln alone with Grant.

Lincoln just looked at Grant as he began to get up. While this was happening Lincoln was thinking about everything Walter had taught him. He could even hear his voice. "Remember if your opponent has a weakness then exploit it. Always look at your surroundings to see if you can use it to your advantage. Never lose your composure and always keep your focus." As Lincoln was remembering this he took a moment to consider his next move. He then began walking towards Grant.

Grant who just got up and back on his feet saw this. "Aw are you here to avenge your stupid dad for saving your worthless life?" He asked in a taunting voice.

"No I'm here to end this." Lincoln said as he looked at Grant.

Grant just started cackling. "You sound like you're capable of it but we all know that isn't true!" He shouted out.

"It's true you narcissistic idiot." Lincoln said.

"What did you call me?" Grant asked as he glare at Lincoln with anger.

"I said you're an idiot." Lincoln replied as he stood in the middle of the room with his arms folded. "It's true. You expected my mother to follow your instructions when it came to my birth because you didn't think she was capable of double crossing you. You think you're so smart that you don't even think that anyone else can outsmart you but the truth is you're too full of yourself and that makes it easy for everyone to outsmart you! You're a joke!" Grant let out a roar of rage as he charged towards Lincoln. Lincoln seeing this pulled his right hand back causing a wire to appear and cut his feet off. Lincoln then jumped towards Grant kicking him so he would fall backwards while this was happening Lincoln pulled his left hand back causing another wire to appear that sliced off Grant's left arm as he then hit the ground. Lincoln then pulled his right arm down causing the knife that Walter threw at Grant earlier and landed in the ceiling to come falling down hitting Grant right in his right hand pinning it down. Lincoln then stepped towards him stomping his foot on the knife causing him to howl in pain just as Lincoln pulled his left hand forward causing the gun that was knocked out of Walter's hand to come flying into his hand. Lincoln just pointed the gun right at Grant's head.

Grant seeing this just laughed. "Go ahead do it! Pull the trigger! Avenge your daddy! Do it!" He taunted.

Lincoln just looked at him. "You're not even worth it." He said as he then shouted. "Alistair you can come in now!"

Alistair walked into the room and up to Lincoln. He took one look at Grant and just smiled at Lincoln. "I take it your done?" He asked.

"Yeah I am. I promised Walter I wouldn't kill him and I intend to keep it." He said as he handed Alistair the gun and began to leave only to stop and take one last look at Grant and said "Besides he's not even worth it."

Alistair just smiled at Lincoln. "I'll take care off him then. You better get outside Walter is out there with the others." He said. Hearing that Lincoln ran out of the room as fast as he could. Alistair then turned to Grant walking up to him and placing his foot on his chest. "You know I seen my share of dictators, tyrants, and despots." He said as he removed the clip form the gun and placed in another. "Heck I even dealt with an insane psychopath who called the destruction he caused a party. But you take the cake. I mean trying to become a god and playing with people's lives like you are a god. I have to say it's people like you that make me wonder if humanity should even continue but then there are people like Emily and Walter who do their best to make this world the best place. Even Lincoln just now showed he is one of them and I have no doubt he will be able to do great things in the future. As long as people like them continue you to exist then I have no doubt the world will continue and that people like you will be stopped and forgotten like the bad memories they are."

Grant just looked at Alistair as he held the gun over him. "Go to hell!" He spat out.

"You first." Alistair said as his eyes turned red and he pulled the trigger causing Grant's head to explode as the bullet hit him. Alistair then put the gun up as his eyes turned back to their violet color. "Well I better join the others." He said as he pulled out a remote and walked out of the room pressing the remote the moment he left the room. Explosions started to happen all over the building as Alistair just walked out slowly.

MEANWHILE OUTSIDE

Jerry, Nick, and Samson were currently with Walter trying their best to help him but they knew there was nothing they could do. "Look even if we do remove the pipe there's the fact that he will die instantly. At most just keeping it in him will keep him alive for now but the result still the same." Jerry explained as he looked at Nick and Samson.

"Judging by the way he's acting he's holding on and we all know why." Samson said.

"The only thing we can do is just wait for Lincoln to show up." Nick said.

A little bit later Lincoln came running as fast as he could towards them. "How's Walter?" He asked clearly out of breath. But he got his answer when he saw the look on their faces.

"Lincoln there's nothing we can do. Right now he's hanging on but that's only for you." Jerry said.

Lincoln made his way to Walter. Walter just gave a smile when he saw him. "I take it Grant's been dealt with?" Walter asked.

Lincoln just nodded. "Yeah Alistair is taking care of him." He said as he started crying.

"That's good. Hey don't cry! I made a choice that I don't regret. I would make the same choice if I had to again." Walter said as explosions started happening all over the building.

Alistair showed up a few minutes later seeing Jerry, Nick, and Samson. "How's Walter?" He asked.

"He's hanging on. Right now he's talking to Lincoln." Nick said.

Alistair just made his way to them. He just saw Lincoln kneeling down with Walter crying his heart out. "Please don't die Dad. Think of the stuff we could do. I'm just getting to know you! Please don't leave me!" Lincoln cried out.

"You called me Dad. That has a nice feeling to it." Walter said as his voice just got weaker. He then noticed Alistair. "I take it Grant's dead?" He asked him.

"Yes he is. We don't have to worry about him ever again." Alistair replied.

"That's good." Walter weakly said as he looked at Lincoln. "Lincoln it's going to be okay. I may not be alive but I will keep watch over you with you mother. I love you my son." With that said Walter died. Lincoln just broke down and began crying while Alistair just closed his eyes.

THE NEXT DAY

The girls and Wulf were currently waiting outside the Lion's Den waiting for Lincoln and the others to get back. They had faith that their brother would be coming home. It was tough going through the night wondering if Lincoln was going to be okay but when it became the next day and daylight came they decided to wait outside the store. After an hour of waiting they saw their car pull up with Jerry, Nick, and Samson getting out. "Hey guys I see you're back. I take it everything is okay now and will be once and for all?" Lori asked but then noticed the looks on their faces. Especially Jerry's since he didn't have that smile he usually carried out. Seeing this she had to know. "What happened?! Is Lincoln hurt?!"

The other girls just gasped at hearing this and began panicking as Nick began to talk. "Girls Lincoln is okay. He's with Alistair right now." He said.

Lisa began piecing it together right away. "It was Walter wasn't it?" She asked earning the gasps of her sisters and the look the three men gave confirmed it.

Samson just sighed. "Wulf take Lily and the twins inside." He said. The twins just started complaining but a growl from both Lori and Wulf silenced them as they went inside the store. Samson just looked at the older girls and the ones who could take it. "There was an incident when those two were fighting Grant. He managed to get Lincoln to drop his guard and threw a pipe at him hoping to impale him but Walter managed to get in front of him taking it in the chest."

The girls just gasped and began to cry. Leni just hugged Lori as she asked "So where are they now?"

"Right now they're making funeral arrangements for him. We're getting it ready for tomorrow." Nick replied.

"Do you know what time it will be?" Lynn asked. "We want to be there for Lincoln when it happens."

"No, but you should give Lucy a call seeing how she is probably there due to the fact she isn't here." Jerry replied. The girls just looked around to see that Lucy wasn't with them.

"I'll call her." Luna said as she made the call.

Samson then walked forward to Lori. "Lori I know you want Lincoln back with you tonight but I think it's best that he stay with us for the night. We considered Walter a brother and I can tell he'll need us tonight but don't worry you'll get him back tomorrow." Lori just nodded as Luna got off the phone and told everyone what time the funeral would be.

LATER THAT NIGHT

Lincoln was at the Lion's Den with Alistair, Jerry, Nick, and Samson. He saw that his sisters were there when he got there with Alistair and Lucy who happen to pop up when they were making the funeral arrangements. He knew they wanted to hug him and shower him with love but he just wanted to be left alone. Luckily Lucy managed to text them that before they got there. After his sisters left to go home Lincoln just sat around the shop until Alistair called him to the back. He told Lincoln that Walter was family to them and the best thing they could do right now is honor is memory with a drink. Alistair just gave Lincoln a pop since he was too young for beer while the others got it and Lincoln just listened to the guys talk about all the times they had with Walter. All the good times and bad. Lincoln was glad he was hearing this.

THE NEXT DAY

The funeral didn't last long. Walter was buried right next to Emily at Lincoln's request. He felt those two should at least be buried next to each other after all this time. The funeral wasn't that crowded as the ones who attended were Alistair and his men and Lincoln and his family. After the funeral Alistair requested that everyone join him at the Lion's Den. Once everyone was there Alistair pulled out a DVD. "This DVD contains Walter's last will and testament it is for Lincoln's eyes only." He said as he gave the DVD to Lincoln. "Please go into the conference room I'll be there in a second." Once Lincoln was gone he pulled out another DVD and gave it to Lori. "This one is for you girls to watch. Nick will take you a different room to watch it." The girls just nodded as they followed Nick. Alistair then went into the conference room. Once there he set up the DVD and pressed play then left the room.

Once it was playing Walter then appeared on screen. "Hello Lincoln. If you're watching this then that means I'm dead. Yeah Emily insisted I make a will just in case I don't come back. Now if I do come back then I'll just dispose of this." Walter then sat down in a chair. "Okay first things first. Lincoln stop crying. It's not your fault I'm gone." Lincoln's eyes just grew wide as he heard this. "Now if I had to take a guess on how I died it would be from protecting you. If that is the case then you need to know I don't blame you and never will. I will always make the choice to save you even if it costs me my life. You're my son but I still would of done it before I knew the truth. I could always see something about you that I admired one of them being that you are Emily's son. The other I didn't know until the truth came out which is you're my son too making you connected to both me and Emily. I always knew there was that other part I just wasn't smart enough to figure out what it was. Okay now that I said that part it's time to talk about something else. Remember when we first met and you wanted me to train you because you thought it would help you find your place in this world?" Lincoln just paused as he remembered somehow he still felt a little lost. "Now I don't know if you found it yet but I'm sorry I can't be there to help you find it. However there are others who are willing to help you. I think you know who they are but just in case you need a reminder: your sisters. Now I know I had my own feelings about them but they proved to me that you should turn to them. Now it's time to go over the stuff that I leaving. Okay the first one the cabin. You know the one I took you to when we first met? Yeah well it turns out that the cabin and the land on it belongs to Emily. Apparently she bought the land and had the cabin built. She left it to me when she died but she told Alistair to tell me it belonged to the government because she knew I would give it away. Anyway I'm leaving it to you. You can go there with your family if you want. Now on to the next thing the shop. I don't know what Alistair plans to do with it but knowing him he would sell it. Now I took most of the money I made and put it into a college fund for you." Walter then thought to himself and then looked back at the camera. "I don't think there's anything else to cover so I'm going to end this. Just one more thing. Just know that you'll never be alone. You have your sisters and parents but most of all you have Emily and me watching over you as well."

The video then stopped Lincoln just sat there and cried for a bit but then he stopped and wipe away his tears. "Walter wouldn't want me crying over him anymore." He said as he got up and left the room.

MEANWHILE WITH THE GIRLS

Nick had just taken the girls into the observation room to watch the DVD. When they got there he proceeded to set it and left after he pressed play. Once it started playing Walter appeared on screen. "Hello girls. If you're watching this then I'm dead and right now Lincoln is probably watching the DVD I left him. Now knowing me if I'm dead it's probably from protecting Lincoln and Lincoln is probably blaming himself. Now I told him on his DVD that it wasn't his fault and hopefully it sunk in but if it didn't I hope you can be there and help him if he needs it. On to the main point of this video. On the day Lincoln first met me we talked and he told me how he wanted to find his place in this world. Now I don't know if he found it but I want you to help him. Be there for him and help him when you can. Granted you would probably do it anyway but I just thought you should know. I know I was rough on a few of you girls but in my defense you gave me reason to be. I'm giving you this chance and I hope you don't blow it. I'm talking to you Lynn." Lynn just sat there listening at what Walter was about to say next. "Lincoln is going to need you and I hope you don't let him down because if you do you'll be hearing from me. Yeah I may be dead but you have a sister that can talk to ghosts and ghosts happen to see a lot of things and they might tell people who are willing to listen to them." The girls just looked at Lucy who gave them a creepy smile that shivers down their spines. "Anyway now that I said my piece it's time for the final part." Walter then clapped his hands and said "Emily."

Emily then appeared right next to Walter. "Hello girls." She said.

"Now this next part is a request from both Emily and me." Walter said.

"We want you to help Lincoln when it comes to finding a girlfriend." Emily said. The girls just sat their with their mouths hanging open. "The reason I'm asking you this is because if he is anything like Walter then it's going to be impossible for him to see that a girl likes him." The girls just nodded understanding where she was coming from why Walter just gave out a groan. "Now I'm not telling you to force him on a date or anything like that. I'm just asking you to help open his eyes to what's right in front of him. He also might need your advice on girls who are his friends but not his girlfriend and I want you to give him the best advice you can. Just help him the best you can." Emily then turned to Walter. "I think that's everything Walter."

"Yeah I'm pretty sure that's everything." Walter said.

Walter and Emily then faced the camera and said together. "Please take care of our son."

The video then stopped the girls just nodded and left the room to go find Lincoln. When they go to the front desk they saw Lincoln who just hugged them and they all proceeded to hug him back. Alistair and the others just walked into the room. "I take it you'll be going home?" Alistair asked.

Lincoln just nodded. "Yeah I just want to go home now." He said.

"Well that's good. The team and me need to go to Washington to give our reports on everything that happened." Alistair said.

"So you'll be leaving Royal Woods?" Lincoln asked.

"Only for a few days. We still got a few things left to do around here." Alistair replied.

"Okay." Lincoln said as he and his sisters went to the door only to notice someone extra with them. He turned back to them and asked "Wait what about Wulf?"

Alistair just smiled. "Apparently Wulf wants to stay with you or more exactly Lily. I don't mind if he wants to stay with you after all he's well trained and behaved for a wolf." He said. "Besides your family has so many pets once one extra?"

Lincoln just smiled and left the store with his sisters.

THREE DAYS LATER

It has been three days since the funeral and life was slowly returning to normal at the Loud house. Lincoln has been spending a lot of time with his sisters trying to make up for time lost. He had been wondering what Alistair, Jerry, Nick, and Samson been up to as well as worrying if they were going to leave town for good after they got back. Just then Lincoln heard his mom calling for him.

"Lincoln can you come outside to the front yard?" She asked.

"Coming Mom!" He shouted as he ran downstairs and out the door only to see Alistair and the team standing out in the yard with the rest of his family. "When did you guys get back?" He asked.

"Last night." Alistair replied.

"So why are you guys here?" He asked.

"Well I came to say good bye." Alistair replied.

"So you guys are leaving town for good." Lincoln said with a look of disappointment on his face.

Alistair just smiled and adjusted his glasses. "I believe you misheard me Lincoln." He said. "I said that I came to say good bye. I'm leaving town but I'll be back every once in a while."

Lincoln's eyes just grew wide. "But what about you guys?" He asked the team curious what their answer was.

"We decided to leave the Elites and make Royal Woods our permanent home." Samson replied.

Lincoln just gave a big smile the Louds seeing this decided to go inside but before the girls went through the door they huddled together and began to whisper. When they broke it up Leni step forward and asked "Lincoln when you're done out here can you come to my room to help with something?"

"Okay Leni." Lincoln replied as he turned back to face the guys leaving Leni to go inside.

"So what are you guys going to do?" Lincoln asked.

"Well I decided to open up a gym." Nick said.

"As for me I'm taking over the shop." Jerry replied.

"We're taking over the shop." Samson said. "Knowing Jerry he would probably turn it into something weird which is why I'm going to run it with him."

"But most of all we're staying for you Lincoln." Nick said.

"Walter was like a brother to us and Emily like a sister." Samson said.

"So you can think of us as the uncles you never wanted." Jerry replied.

Samson just gave out his regular groan and said "I think he means uncles you never had."

"We consider you family Lincoln and we'll be there when you need us." Alistair said.

"Thanks guys you don't know how much that means to me." Lincoln said. "Well I better get back inside to help Leni with whatever she needs help with."

The guys just watched as Lincoln ran inside. "It's good to see him happy." Alistair replied.

"Well we better drive you to the airport sir." Nick said as he opened the car door for Alistair.

"Thank you Nick." Alistair said as he got inside. "I wonder if Lincoln is going to be okay?" He asked.

Just then a loud scream could be heard "QUICK GRAB HIM! GET THE WOLF BOY COSTUME READY!" As well as Lincoln screaming.

Alistair just gave a small smile. "He'll be fine." He said as Jerry started the car and drove off to the airport as quickly as he could.

TO BE CONCLUDED